New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-14
THE FINAL STRUGGLE TO BEGIN TO-DAY.

GOSSIP ABOUT THE CONTEsT-sCHEMEs FOR
WATER SUPPLY FOR NEWARK AND JERSEY CITY.
TeryToN n j. Feb. I3.-The final struggle for the
United States SenatorshIp will begin here tomorrow
evening On Tuesday the two houses OF the Legisaf-
ure will vote separately Tor Senator, and on Wednes-
day the Joint meeting will be held The Republican
caucus viii be held tomorrow evening, it is expected
and the nomination will be given to Senator seweii
The prof e.dpgs will probably occupy little time
There are some al socates OF an open CAUCUS ne
caucus system in New-Jerscy has made secrecy its
leading feature and many have opposed It, Now that
there is no special for privacy, II urged mar
the open caucus method should DO adopted III "ouio
al least crafty newspaper correspondents VINO are
now dependent upon the reports OF members much 10
heir aud occasionally to the peril oil
accuracy Ii is notable that although the hepunlcahs
have aci ed n harmony throughout tne exchs scenes
and under circumstances grave difficulty there maze
been fewer OF these formal consultations thah iof many
years There has been a tacit agreement ana IL has
me- err tailed be sufficient for all purposes Much OF
his bas of course been due to the discretion OF the
leaders, but TO the perfect understanding th't
has been maintained among the individual memptIs
There is daily flood OF gossip as 10 the p,ospecIs vi
the Senatorial contest but absolute knowledge hs 10
hat will occur limited TO person or persons as
yer 1nkncwp Mean lille, the battle IA daily won ana
lost according the preferences OF those VINO max"
the wordy warfare. Until the contest IL opened IN oih
meeting definite information can be obtained ~ IA
expected that all the leaders o both parties VIII DC
h-re to evening" and II Is possible that RAD ci
changes in the situation then occur Al present the
contest is pretty nearly where 1t has been from he
first The Republicans have thirty eight votes OF their
own The Democrats have thirty nine, the Labor men
have two aud two seats in doubt. The Democrats
in the House will attempt to seat Walter Dem lme-
dstely bat they will it said dare TO act at once
upop the Turley case-the Camden fraud They VIII
attempt to postpone this until after the Senatorial cleo
tion but in any they dare not depend upon lur
ley's vote to elect their candidate. An investigation
nv the United .ates SeDste would result IN unseating
aay Senator chosen by such vote The Democrats
are co seauenily emo short Of majority, even II
Speaker Baird Assembl vman Throckmorton and
others were willing 10 submit themselves to the ALBEIT
dctation and with these members standing ont
against the mogul the prospects OF Mr. Abbetts sue
cess would look unhappy. 49,
The subject of water legislation will probably attract
on second only the Senatorial contest Since
a private company has bought reservoir property and
acquired rights iii streams in northern New-Jer-ey
there has increasing agitation tor public action
to and the of water supply tor the
cities of Newark and Jersey City and their neighbors
To this end bill bas been introduced by Jersey City
member to give the State control, tho supply to be
obtained at the Joint expense Of the cities Interested
Elaborate pro visions made for details OF the work
Another proposes to pre- emit the private com
pany from supplying cities, and other bills Will prob
abIy he introduced later The question is OF enor-
nous importance to Jersey City and Newark but Ia
difficult to obtain the attention and consideranon oil
Re presenla tves of other localities
As soon as the SenatoIsbp is settled an attempt 10
reach al understanding by which legislative business
can be pushed through will be made The session VIII
be exceedingly long something OF TITO sort Is not
done. Meanwhile the Assembly ia occupying much
time In loading itself with icehoders and the scan
dal will probably lead to exciting debate Tomorrow
evening.